Press releases

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Kristen Brandt, Director of Marketing and Communications
Phone: 617.267.7763  | Fax: 617.267.7764
Email: marketing@unitedplanet.org

2012

• United Planet Releases Free EBook - Education Beyond Borders: A Teacher's Guide to Organizing a Student Group Trip Abroad
• ‘Tis the Season to Volunteer Abroad: United Planet Reports an Increase in International Volunteers over the Holidays
• United Planet Educates Teachers on Language Acquisition through Travel Abroad
• United Planet and Boston Public Schools Select Local Teen for Global Service Fellowship
• United Planet Launches New Interactive Webinar Series
• United Planet Community Raises Money to Help Romania Orphanage Rebuild After Devastating Fire

2011

• Japanese author, activist to visit the U.S. and share her experiences in disaster recovery efforts in the region devastated by March earthquake and tsunami
• Celebrating United Planet Day 2011 on the Fall Equinox
• Group of Boston Public School Students Travels to Mongolia in Ground-Breaking Exchange
• United Planet Executive Director Serves as Goodwill Ambassador to Japan to Forge New Ties with Government and Business Leaders
• United Planet Japan ready to accept international volunteers for disaster relief efforts
  
• New opportunity for international volunteering at sports camp in South Africa
• United Planet and Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Partner for the Fourth Year to Send a Group of Volunteers, This Time to a Romanian Orphanage
  
• United Planet Offers New Opportunities to Volunteer with Animals and Wildlife in Peru and Costa Rica
  
• United Planet Selects Chie Goto as Country Manager for New Tokyo-Based Volunteer Exchange Program Between U.S. and Japan
  
• United Planet Chosen to be Part of Unitarian Universalist Association‘s Young Adult Spirituality and Service Program
  
• Japan Foundation Awards Grant to United Planet to Build Volunteer Leaders Program in Japan
  
• United Planet chosen as a “Recommended Organization” by Creative Learning’s America’s Unofficial Ambassadors (AUA) Program. United Planet volunteers may apply for Mosaic Scholarship.
  
• United Planet Urges Support for Disaster Relief Efforts in Japan
  
• United Planet Offers New Volunteer Abroad Programs in Healthcare Projects in Ghana and Tanzania
  

2010

• Volunteers Invited to China Summer Teaching Program in 2011
• Donations Help Orphanages in Peru and Romania Provide Vital Support for Children
• Celebrating International Volunteer Day, December 5
• Illinois high school features United Planet Quest to Costa Rica in fundraising auction
• United Planet Encourages People 50+ to Find Joy in Volunteering Abroad at Annual AARP Convention
• Celebrating United Planet Day 2010 on the Fall Equinox, 9/23/10
• Boston Public Schools Student to Engage in Groundbreaking Exchange Program With Mongolian Schools in 2011
• United Planet Calls for Volunteers to Assist in Tibetan Region of China Devastated by Earthquake

2009

• Flagstone Reinsurance Group Volunteers Abroad in Cambodia with United Planet on Second Annual Trip
• Celebrating International Volunteerism: Ambassador John Simon, Early Supporter of the Serve America Act, Joins United Planet's International Advisory Board
• Career Break, Career Kick Start: Volunteer Abroad Fills in the Gap for Recent Graduates and Laid Off Workers
• United Planet Announces Opening of Computer Laboratory in Tanzania

2008

• Flagstone Re Beyond Borders Volunteers Abroad with United Planet
• United Planet Announces New International Board of Advisors
• United Planet Expresses Condolences And Hope For Myanmar And Chengdu Disaster Victims
• United Planet Announces Opening of Laundromat to Benefit Battered Women of Guatemala